Rechtenstein power plant

Rechtenstein power plant
Weir system of the Rechtenstein power plant
location
Coordinates	48 ° 14 '25 "  N , 9 ° 32' 44"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '25 "  N , 9 ° 32' 44"  E
country	Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg
place	Right stone
Waters	Danube
power plant
owner	Elmar Reitter
operator	Elmar Reitter
construction time	around 1900
Start of operation	1905
technology
Bottleneck performance	0.3 megawatts
Average height of fall	1.8 m
Expansion flow	27 m³ / s
Standard work capacity	1.9 million kWh / year
Turbines	3
Generators	3
Others
Website	http://www.reitter-wasserkraft.de

The Rechtenstein power plant is a small hydropower plant on the Danube in the municipality of Rechtenstein in Baden-Württemberg .

history

There has been a fortification in Rechtenstein since the Middle Ages . The gentlemen from Stain ran a flour mill and an oil mill there and also had the right to compulsory mills . From 1903 the mill was rebuilt, in 1905 the power station was put into operation and supplied the electricity for the wood pulp mill, which delivered its products to the paper mill in Scheer . The Rechtenstein field railway was built for transport between the factory and the train station . The wood pulp factory was in operation until 1993. The power plant continues to operate and feeds into the EnBW network , the factory buildings are used as workshops.

In 2016, the construction of the weir system and expansion of the power plant with a fourth turbine began. This is intended to increase the standard energy capacity to 2.3 million kilowatt hours. At the start, the completion date was planned for Easter 2017, but the end date in November 2016 was postponed to Whitsun 2017 due to the lack of heavy drilling equipment. At the end of July 2017 the Rechtenstein hydropower plant was completed and put back into operation.

technology

The old mill had several undershot water wheels . The power plant has three Francis shaft turbines with 9 m³ / s each from 1905; Control, generator and gearbox were renewed in 1975. The drop height is 1.8 m. The standard energy capacity of the power plant is 1.8  GWh , the installed capacity is 280  kW .

In July 2011, a green electricity filling station for Park & ​​Charge members was opened at the train station , which is supplied by the hydropower system and the company-owned PV system.

literature

• Uwe Schmidt: Paper, cement and hydropower: the history of the Kraemer wood pulp factory and the Portland cement works in Rechtenstein , Süddt. Verlag-Ges. 2008, 80 pages, ISBN 3882943858

Web links

• Hydropower on horseback
• Working group hydropower plants Baden-Württemberg (AWK BW)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reitter Wasserkraft: History ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Municipality of Rechtenstein: Gewerbe , accessed on March 31, 2015
3. ↑ Doris Moser: The major project starts. (PDF) (No longer available online.) In: Ehinger Tagblatt. February 17, 2016, archived from the original on February 20, 2016 ; Retrieved February 20, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Südwest-Presse January 31, 2014: Rechtenstein: Elmar Reitter wants to build a new weir system and turbine , accessed on March 31, 2015
5. ↑ Südwest-Presse October 25, 2014: Yes to the weir system ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 31, 2015 
6. ^ Doris Moser: Power plant project in default. In: swp.de. November 5, 2016, accessed January 15, 2017 . 
7. ↑ July 29, 2017: Open house at the Rechtenstein hydropower plant. Reitter Wasserkraft, July 20, 2017, accessed on July 28, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Forum contribution at turntables online: An ominous electric locomotive from the Rechtenstein paper mill , accessed on March 31, 2015
9. ↑ Südwest-Presse February 8, 2014: Eco-filling station in Rechtenstein is accepted , accessed on March 31, 2015